{"id":76480,"date":"2018-01-13T14:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/credit-cards-is-this-the-end-of-the-great-rip-off\/"},"modified":"2018-01-13T15:03:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T08:03:39","slug":"credit-cards-is-this-the-end-of-the-great-rip-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/credit-cards-is-this-the-end-of-the-great-rip-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Credit cards: is this the end of the great rip-off?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCustomers can no longer be charged extra for paying by credit or debit card, but firms are finding ways to get around the banAt midnight on Friday, a rip-off that has cost Britons hundreds of millions of pounds a year was finally outlawed. All extra charges for using a credit or debit card to pay for goods and services have now been banned, which means no more nasty surprises at the checkout, says the government.But some companies are already finding sneaky ways to get around the ban \u2013 such as simply renaming the fee so that it removes any reference to cards. Earlier this week, online takeaway company Just Eat faced a customer backlash after it scrapped its 50p card payment charge and replaced it with a 50p \u201cservice charge\u201d on all orders, which applies whether someone is paying with cash or a card. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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